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Phonics lesson 3: Beginning sounds m–r · Set 23 · 40 questions
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How the sounds work (Listen to the first sound): Look at the picture and say its name slowly: m… monkey. The first sound tells you the missing letter. q is almost always followed by u: queen, question.

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  1. 1.Which word starts with the letter “q”? (a) queen (b) nine (c) peach
  2. 2.Which picture starts like “nut”? (a) nine (b) monkey (c) mouse
  3. 3.Which picture starts like “olive”? (a) nine (b) run (c) ox
  4. 4.Which picture starts like “run”? (a) nail (b) pin (c) red
  5. 5.🫒 _live — which letter is missing? (a) n (b) o (c) m
  6. 6.Which word starts with the letter “n”? (a) needle (b) pear (c) pig
  7. 7.Which word starts with the letter “o”? (a) octopus (b) monkey (c) mango
  8. 8.Which picture starts like “paint”? (a) mouse (b) potato (c) question
  9. 9.Which picture starts like “mouse”? (a) map (b) parrot (c) rocket
  10. 10.Which picture starts like “pin”? (a) mango (b) panda (c) robot
  11. 11.Which word starts with the letter “n”? (a) pig (b) net (c) queen
  12. 12.Which picture starts like “nose”? (a) question (b) queen (c) nest
  13. 13.Which picture starts like “moon”? (a) nut (b) monkey (c) pear
  14. 14.🍚 _ice — which letter is missing? (a) q (b) n (c) r
  15. 15.Which word starts with the letter “r”? (a) nest (b) rocket (c) milk
  16. 16.Which word starts with the letter “n”? (a) map (b) popcorn (c) nine
  17. 17.Which word starts with the letter “p”? (a) question (b) panda (c) moon
  18. 18.❓ _uestion — which letter is missing? (a) r (b) o (c) q
  19. 19.👸 _ueen — which letter is missing? (a) q (b) m (c) o
  20. 20.🥅 _et — which letter is missing? (a) n (b) m (c) o
  21. 21.Which picture starts like “nose”? (a) monkey (b) nut (c) rocket
  22. 22.🐂 _x — which letter is missing? (a) r (b) p (c) o
  23. 23.Which picture starts like “ox”? (a) moon (b) nine (c) octopus
  24. 24.🍳 _an — which letter is missing? (a) p (b) o (c) q
  25. 25.Which word starts with the letter “m”? (a) ring (b) milk (c) nest
  26. 26.Which word starts with the letter “q”? (a) question (b) robot (c) popcorn
  27. 27.Which picture starts like “octopus”? (a) peach (b) olive (c) nest
  28. 28.Which picture starts like “parrot”? (a) octopus (b) pig (c) nest
  29. 29.Which word starts with the letter “n”? (a) mango (b) pear (c) nest
  30. 30.Which picture starts like “rat”? (a) nest (b) potato (c) rainbow
  31. 31.📌 _in — which letter is missing? (a) n (b) m (c) p
  32. 32.🪡 _eedle — which letter is missing? (a) m (b) r (c) n
  33. 33.Which word starts with the letter “o”? (a) monkey (b) olive (c) robot
  34. 34.Which word starts with the letter “m”? (a) map (b) ring (c) parrot
  35. 35.Which word starts with the letter “r”? (a) rat (b) nut (c) moon
  36. 36.🐰 _abbit — which letter is missing? (a) m (b) o (c) r
  37. 37.Which word starts with the letter “r”? (a) queen (b) road (c) olive
  38. 38.Which word starts with the letter “n”? (a) olive (b) nose (c) peach
  39. 39.Which picture starts like “pig”? (a) run (b) parrot (c) rain
  40. 40.Which picture starts like “octopus”? (a) mango (b) needle (c) ox

Answer key

  1. queen
  2. nine
  3. ox
  4. red
  5. o
  6. needle
  7. octopus
  8. potato
  9. map
  10. panda
  11. net
  12. nest
  13. monkey
  14. r
  15. rocket
  16. nine
  17. panda
  18. q
  19. q
  20. n
  21. nut
  22. o
  23. octopus
  24. p
  25. milk
  26. question
  27. olive
  28. pig
  29. nest
  30. rainbow
  31. p
  32. n
  33. olive
  34. map
  35. rat
  36. r
  37. road
  38. nose
  39. parrot
  40. ox

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